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Osaka (Naniwa): (Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as) Aburaya Osome, from the series Famous Girls of the Three Cities (Santo kômei musume)


「三都高名娘 難波」 「油屋おそめ」 四代目中村芝翫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.792
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPublisher's mark: Dai (unidentified)
Signed Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌十改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)